Amy Dickinson: Don't be pressured to allow family to move in with you

2:02 PM,
Nov. 5, 2013

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Dear Amy: I am a middle child, with an older and younger sister. Over the past two years, my sisters have had my father live with them for a time. He was ill for a while but is now recovering.

My husband and I are about to buy our first home, and my younger sister is hounding me to have my father live with us.

He is quite young (59) and is capable of living on his own. We don't have children yet and have the space, but my younger sister would also be tagging along. She has been "floating" for more than a year (i.e. sleeping here and there; she doesn't have a permanent home). ...